The trend estimate for total dwellings approved rose 0.9% in July and has risen for five months.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved rose 10.8% in July after falling for two months.

PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 1.1% in July and has risen for eight months.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses rose 3.9% in July following a fall of 1.0% in the previous month.

PRIVATE SECTOR DWELLINGS EXCLUDING HOUSES

The trend estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 0.3% in July after falling for six months.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses rose 24.4% in July after falling for two months.

VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED

The trend estimate of the value of total building approved fell 1.1% in July and has fallen for three months. The value of residential building rose 0.7% and has risen for five months. The value of non-residential building fell 3.4% and has fallen for three months.

The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved rose 5.0% in July following a fall of 10.5% in the previous month. The value of residential building rose 1.3% and has risen for two months. The value of non-residential building rose 10.8% following a fall of 23.3% in the previous month.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE

Release Date

August 2013

2 October 2013

September 2013

31 October 2013

October 2013

2 December 2013

November 2013

9 January 2014

December 2013

3 February 2014

January 2014

4 March 2014

DATA NOTES

A number of time series spreadsheets contain 'np' (not available for publication) annotations. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.

REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions to the total number of dwelling units approved in this issue are:

2012-13

2013-14

TOTAL

NSW

292

-

292

Vic.

-

-

-

Qld

-

-

-

SA

-

-

-

WA

183

-

183

Tas.

-

-

-

NT

-

-

-

ACT

-

-

-

Total

475

-

475

INQUIRIES

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